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• Bonking beetles and other grassland secrets

  31-05-2026 10:39 via dailymail.com
  
  The weird and wonderful world lying beneath the grass
  
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• Cross-dressing princess who took on Rasputin, pioneered facial surgery and saved thousands of soldiers' lives

  31-05-2026 10:36 via dailymail.com
  
  Dr Vera Gedroits was Russia's only female surgeon and flew proudly in the face of convention her whole life.
  
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• 'An Enid Blyton adventure story for grown-ups' - James Aldred has built his own patch of paradise in the New Forest complete with streams, otters and a hundred-year-old Romany Wagon

  29-05-2026 11:28 via dailymail.com
  
  Wildlife cameraman James Aldred has seen all the wonders of the natural world, but has always held a candle to the English New Forest.
  
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• Married Tory MP who kept up an affair with his brother's wife while the two couples lived on the same street...discover the polyamory at the heart of parliament

  29-05-2026 11:11 via dailymail.com
  
  We've heard of love triangles but what about a love square? This salacious quadrangle involved some of the most influential in Edwardian society.
  
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• Weirdness and wonder abound in this month's short stories: Sail Away Land by Ben Pester, The Fallen Trees Are Also The Forest by Alejandra Kamiya, The Typing Lady and other fictions by Ruth Ozeki

  29-05-2026 10:50 via dailymail.com
  
  Eithne Farry reviews Short Stories.
  
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• Friendly ghosts and buried Gods in this month's science fiction: Radiant Star by Ann Leckie, Waiting on a Friend by Natalie Adler, Heaven's Graveyard by Grace Curtis

  29-05-2026 10:40 via dailymail.com
  
  Jamie Buxton reviews science fiction.
  
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• Deliciously dysfunctional families in this week's literary fiction: PRESTIGE DRAMA by Seamas O'Reilly, A SENSE OF OCCASION by Brodie Crellin, AT SEA by Y. M. Abdel-Magied

  29-05-2026 10:10 via dailymail.com
  
  Stephanie Cross reviews literary fiction.
  
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• Jealousy spirals out of control in this month's psychological thrillers: Fellow Creatures by Emma Lowther, My Sister's Secret by Jane Corry, Then She Lied by Alice Leigh

  29-05-2026 10:05 via dailymail.com
  
  Christena Appleyard reviews psychos.
  
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• Her challenge was to draw every boozer in London... but has your local made the cut?

  28-05-2026 15:27 via dailymail.com
  
  Lydia Wood set herself an ambitious task, to draw the pubs of London and this joy of a book is the perfect illustrated record of that challenge.
  
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• The Queen's man who spied for Russia ... and the Nazis

  24-05-2026 10:37 via dailymail.com
  
  Anthony Blunt made his name as an internationally renowned, and royally approved, art historian, however he would gain eternal fame as one of the Cambridge Five spies.
  
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• Discover the differences that make every border in Britain unique

  24-05-2026 10:13 via dailymail.com
  
  With visible and invisible borders everywhere, Britain has always been an island of strangers. But, a new book finds that our differences can be what unite us.
  
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• They have millions of online followers, deals with luxury brands and teach your teen the art of scam: This is the new generation of FRAUDSTERS

  23-05-2026 18:00 via dailymail.com
  
  Online scams are more and more common, new book reveals the depths to which scammers go and the success they achieving teaching others their arts.
  
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• How I survived the death of my husband after we overcame the most devastating family tragedy imaginable

  22-05-2026 10:35 via dailymail.com
  
  In this heartbreaking memoir, Suri Hustvedt reflects on life after the death of her husband Paul Auster and the daily reminders of his absence.
  
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• Should you have a baby or get a dog? Why are you dreaming about garlic? What is LOVE? Google has the answer

  22-05-2026 10:34 via dailymail.com
  
  Google's Data Editor reveals all the things that really bother us so much that we turn to google for the answer.
  
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• Rich social panoramas in the best Literary Fiction out now: THE CORRESPONDENT by Virginia Evans, OTHER PEOPLE'S CHILDREN by Ben Faccini, WIMMY ROAD BOYZ by Sufiyaan Salam

  22-05-2026 10:34 via dailymail.com
  
  Anthony Cummins reviews the best Literary Fiction out now.
  
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• Unmissable Thrillers out now: Dissection of a Murder by Jo Murray, 138 Main Street by Gavin Bell, Frame 37 by Nicholas Shakespeare

  22-05-2026 10:22 via dailymail.com
  
  Geoffrey Wansell reviews the best Thrillers out now.
  
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• Discover which books this year's Libraro Prize winner is loving right now

  22-05-2026 10:22 via dailymail.com
  
  Donna Fisher answers our burning questions, what is she reading, what book would she take to a desert island, what gave her the reading bug, and what left her cold?
  
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• Tender and thoughtful books full of connection picked as the best Contemporary novels out now: The Underdog by Felicity Cloake, The Left and the Lucky by Willy Vlautin, Hey Man by Andrew Meehan

  22-05-2026 10:21 via dailymail.com
  
  Sara Lawrence reviews the best contemporary novels out now.
  
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• Read the Mail's BRAND NEW Romantasy reviews: Stay for a Spell by Amy Coombe, Blood Bound by Ellis Hunter, Death's Daughter by S.A. Barnes

  22-05-2026 10:05 via dailymail.com
  
  Jamie Buxton reviews the best Romantasy novels out now.
  
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• Hermann Goring and 23 other Nazis stood trial at Nuremberg in 1945... but do you know the women crucial in bringing them to justice?

  17-05-2026 10:45 via dailymail.com
  
  The Nuremberg trials defined the 20th century. New book reveals the nine women who helped bring some of the worst war criminals the world has ever seen to justice.
  
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• 'I haven't got much time for family...It's not my thing' - Muriel Spark adored her cats and loved her characters. But when it came to her son, new book reveals she was nothing but cruel...

  17-05-2026 10:30 via dailymail.com
  
  Muriel Spark was one of the 20th centuries greatest writers...but a new book reveals that her complexities as a wife, mother and friend made her a full blow eccentric.
  
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• She was abandoned by her parents on Billy Graham's doorstep and battled with anorexia, but a fascination with post-mortems turned Patricia Cornwell into THE bestselling thriller writer

  15-05-2026 10:54 via dailymail.com
  
  Patricia Cornwell was five when her father walked out and nine when her mother abandoned her .. but the Queen of Crime turned her life around to become a bestseller.
  
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• How Roald Dahl sparked a love for Stephen King in author Jane Flett

  15-05-2026 10:43 via dailymail.com
  
  Jane Flett answers our burning questions, what is she reading, what book would she take to a desert island, what gave her the reading bug, and what left her cold?
  
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• Why daydreaming is the key to being creative

  15-05-2026 10:30 via dailymail.com
  
  The complexity of the 3lb organ in our heads is staggering. Yet it evolved in a very different world to the one in which we now live. So, what does it mean to be intelligent in the 21st century?
  
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• Authentic, engaging and delightful: The best Children's books out now - DYLAN'S PARK by Dylan Thomas Illustrated by Thomas Docherty Edited by Helen Docherty, THE SUMMER AFTER THE NIGHT BEFORE by Lisa Williamson, CROW: THIEF OF MAGIC by Fiona Dixon

  15-05-2026 10:21 via dailymail.com
  
  Sally Morris reviews the best Kids books out now.
  
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• Artful plots abound in the best Classic Crime out now: The Double Turn by Carol Carnac, Golden Age Detective Stories Edited by Otto Penzler, Letter To My Judge by Georges Simenon

  15-05-2026 10:13 via dailymail.com
  
  Barry Turner reviews the best Classic Crime novels out now.
  
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• Age-gaps, murder and fame all feature in the best Debuts of the month: I Want You to Be Happy by Jem Calder, A Good Person by Kirsten King, Frida Slattery as Herself by Ana Kinsella

  15-05-2026 10:10 via dailymail.com
  
  Sara Lawrence reviews the best Debut fiction out now.
  
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• Elizabeth Strout is back with a new novel: Read our review in this week's Literary Fiction along with Uprising by Tahmima Anam and Fieldwork As A Sex Object by Meena Kandasamy

  15-05-2026 10:00 via dailymail.com
  
  Claire Allfree reviews the best new Literary Fiction out now.
  
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• Douglas Stuart returns in this weeks literary fiction: JOHN OF JOHN by Douglas Stuart, LACK by Cecilia Knapp, HUNGER and THIRST by Claire Fuller

  14-05-2026 13:16 via dailymail.com
  
  Stephanie Cross reviews lit fic
  
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• The millennial answer to Mary Berry and Jamie Oliver

  10-05-2026 02:07 via dailymail.com
  
  Speedy suppers, delicious desserts and, if you have the appetite for it, Eleanor Steafel has the recipe for a perfect night in with your mates
  
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